Why the fuss over Katz's Express?

Whine & Dine

Published 6:30 am, Thursday, February 7, 2008

After seeing a television commercial for Katz's Express, Lupe Fecco "went to see what the fuss was about" at 19075 Interstate 45 South in The Woodlands.

Why bother?

She "should not have even bothered," Fecco says. Her pastrami sandwich on wheat arrived at "room temperature, the cheese slice (for which she paid extra) was cold, and that was it — no dressing, nothing ... just plain."

Fecco says she will stick with Jason's Deli.

What's the deal?

Bill Hansen
says
Little Bitty Burger Barn
serves "the best hamburgers I have had in moons."

Kathryn DeRouen also responds. "I have found a very good shrimp salad at Babin's Seafood House. Babin's seafood dressing is mixed within the salad, along with bites of shrimp and (a topping of) numerous whole shrimp," she says. Babin's has several locations, including one at 17485 Tomball Parkway near Willowbrook Mall.

Rachael Thompson likes the shrimp salad at Central Market, 3815 Westheimer. "The shrimp are large — not the tiny canned shrimp you often find in shrimp salad — and are cooked to a nice, crisp texture," she says. "The dressing stands up well to the shrimp flavor."

Thompson says the salad is sold at "Cafe on the Run" stations in H-E-B stores, too.

Excellent food and music

"To begin with, the food is excellent, and the waitstaff (is) superbly attentive and courteous," they say.

The best part, though, is the group Mensajeros De Amor (messengers of love), which performs Friday and Saturday evenings.

"All three of the gentlemen are good musicians and have excellent voices," the Arthurs say. "They are truly outstanding."

Take a bow

Paige Hebert
is craving banh bao. She's looking for a place inside the Loop that sells a chicken-filled version of these Vietnamese (and Chinese) steamed bread buns.

On a potato prowl

Cindy Thompson wants to know where she can get "those wonderful scalloped potatoes" once served at
The Stables Restaurant
(now closed).

Is there a close runner-up in town?

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